Design of a Width Slim Linear Vibration Motor Used for Automotive LCD Panel

With the rapid development of vehicle information systems, liquid crystal displays (LCDs) have been widely used to enhance information experience. A linear vibration motor is usually placed behind the LCD to provide sufficient haptic feedback. A linear vibration motor with a large permanent magnet causes massive flux leakage around the display. As a result, it may cause unpredictable harm to people with implanted medical devices. Therefore, in this article, a novel magnetic circuit design of a slim-width type linear vibration motor is introduced to reduce the static magnetic flux leakage. The haptic performance of the slim-width type linear vibration motor was analyzed using the electromagnetic–mechanical coupling method. Three types of experimental results were obtained to verify the analysis results. In conclusion, compared with the prototype motor, the slim-width type linear vibration motor proposed in this article exhibits significant flux leakage reduction of 94.01% and 96.34% at the measuring positions. Furthermore, the slim-width type linear vibration motor exhibits an acceleration similar to that of the prototype motor.